Nicely done Nigel, I like almost all of these. Number 2 is perhaps the weakest as it's a bit tight on composition.

The light was not on your side, but you have captured some lovely images here. Number 6 is my favourite.

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David

If you are careful and methodical about setting the shot up, you are using a tripod and you check before shooting, I can't see any reason why the horizon correction would be beneficial. You could also use live view, surely this will enable an accurate assessment of whether or not the shot is level? I'm with John Riley on this one, you need to be disciplined and confident enough to not need your horizon correction. What would you do if the camera didn't have this feature?

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David

Great set Gareth, I particularly like the 'Gaming' and 'Smoky Joe' images

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David

Redsnapper, get one without a head then buy a Ball Head cheap from 7 Day Shop.

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David

Personally I would leave it off. Use a tripod, level the shot first and then any fine adjustments in post processing. I found no useful reasons for having it switched on with my K-5 or any cameras since I sold it. It made my shots wonky rather than making them straighter and I spent weeks trying to figure out why I was rubbish until I realised it was turned on and was 'auto-correcting' my images. After turning it off, all was back to normal.

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David

Thanks Stu, Mag, George and Simon.

Maybe not, but I think there will be a trip organised to Magna for any Pentaxians interested in a day out, I'll post an invitation in due course once I've looked at dates and another place to visit on the same day.

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David

Hi Rob, I don't know about Mobile equipment as I don't browse the site using this, but it has definitely been getting progressively slower over the past several weeks / months when using Internet Explorer (I'm on IE11). So much so, that I generally only use the site in Google Chrome now, which doesn't suffer these problems.

There are issues with scripts running slowly and 'unsecure content', which IE11 warns me about on every page load. This was not an issue previously, whether a Windows Update has introduced something I'm not sure, but I don't get the issues on other websites, except for ebay which has also become extremely slow, but I don't get the security warnings on there. I just think there's some poor coding on the site. I don't think it's my laptop, as it's a fast machine and as I say doesn't cause me problems elsewhere, other than ebay and on Google Chrome it's all rapid.

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David

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated.

Hi Nigel, they are a mixture of 400 ISO and 1600 ISO. I used what I thought I could get away with, keeping it as low as possible, bearing in mind these are up to 2.5 seconds exposure with no camera support! I was balancing the camera on whatever was available, e.g. the metal rails on the walkways, although this was not 100% successful as the walkways are suspended, so they bounce up and down as people walk by.

I recall the 'balls' shot is 1600 ISO at 1/50th of a second, just enough to stop any massive movement being apparent in the balls.

Also, I just realised I forgot to post one of my favourite shots from the day, so here it is:

7. Pipes - K-5iis / Sigma 17-70




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David

Last week I found the time to visit Magna in Rotherham, a museum of science set in a former Steelworks (Templeborough Rolling Mills). Not only is this a fascinating place, but it is also great for photography, albeit challenging due to the very low light conditions inside. All the more so when you don't take any camera support, as I didn't!

Here is a series of images shot on the day, some with the K-3 / DA*50-135 and some with the K-5iis / Sigma 17-70 F2.8-4 HSM OS.

As always I am open to any comments and criticism.

1. Wires - K-3 / DA*50-135





2. Grabbing The Balls - K-5iis / Sigma 17-70





3. Fire Tornado - K-5iis / Sigma 17-70





4. Fire Close-up - K-3 / DA*50-135 - Not even the highest shutter speed available of 1/8000 of a second could come close to freezing the motion of the flames!





5. Inside the Steelworks - K-5iis / Sigma 17-70





6. Electrodes Dead - K-3 / DA*50-135





Thanks for looking.

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David

Looks pretty good to me, the 55-300 is a cracking lens.

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David